OTs in local government are employed in Social
Work and Housing and can either join UNISON directly, or join
the British Association of Occupational Therapists which provides
membership of the professional body, the College of Occupational
Therapists, as well as UNISON membership.
They are represented through shop stewards committees
and the contact for the Edinburgh Branch of UNISON is Kirsten
Hey (UNISON Steward/OT Victoria Street) kirsten.hey@edinburgh.gov.uk.
See About The Branch
for more details on how UNISON represents you - or use any of
the links above to find out about conditions, legal help, policies
and a range of other useful information.
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British Association of Occupational Therapists
OTs can either join UNISON directly, or join the
British Association of Occupational Therapists which provides
membership of the professional body, the College of Occupational
Therapists, as well as UNISON membership.
BAOT's regional groups are still going, and the
Council member for Scottish Eastern is Kathleen Henderson at
kathleen.henderson@borders.scot.nhs.uk.
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Registration
All Occupational Therapists have to be registered,
previously with the CPSM but as of October 2003 with the Health
Professions Council at £60pa. Agreement has been reached that
Occupational Therapists will not have to re-register with the
Scottish Social Services Council.
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Fees tax deductable
Occupational Therapists should note that both
their BAOT membership fees and their HPC registration fees are
tax deductable, and information about how to notify the Inland
Revenue is published periodically in the British Journal of
Occupational Therapy.
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College of Occupational Therapists specialist
sections
COT has set up various specialist sections:
Accident and Emergency Specialist Section for
Occupational Therapists (AESSOT) Dian Michaels, dianmic@yahoo.co.uk
Association of Occupational Therapists in Mental
Health (AOTMH) admin@aotmh.org
Clinical Interest Group in Orthotics, Prosthetics
and Wheelchairs (CIGOPW) adrian@boonin.freeserve.co.uk
College of Occupational Therapists Specialist
Section in Housing (COTSSIH) Able Types, 127 Botley Road, Oxford,
OX2 0HD
HIV/AIDS, oncology, Palliative Care and Education
(HOPE) jill.cooper@rmh.nthames.nhs.uk
National Association of Neurological Occupational
Therapists (NANOT) admin@nanot.org
National Association of Paediatric Occupational
Therapists (NAPOT) admin@napot.org
National Association of Rheumatology Occupational
Therapists (NAROT) anne.boulton@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Occupational Therapy for Elderly People (OCTEP)
sue.robb@btopenworld.com
Occupational Therapy in Trauma and Orthopaedics
(OTTO) elaine.murray@faht.scot.nhs.uk
Occupational Therapy in work Practice and Productivity
(OTWPP) timbarnes@onetel.net.uk
National Association of Occupational Therapists
Working with People with Learning Disabilities diana@leeseca1.fsnet.co.uk
Information on the Health Professions Council
can be found at www.hpc-uk.org
.
The World Federation of Occupational Therapists
website is www.wfot.org
European OT organisation, COTEC, www.cotec-europe.org
.
Therapy Weekly, an independent publication for
allied health professionals, is available online at www.therapyweekly.co.uk
and subscriptions can be ordered at www.subscription.co.uk/cc/tw/5000
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